Postgraduate Course: Advanced Protocol Development (PUHR11004)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	To provide advanced practical skills for the preparation of a protocol for conducting an epidemiology study.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Introduction to Epidemiology (PUHR11032) AND Introduction to Qualitative Research (PUHR11033) AND Introduction to Research Ethics (PUHR11030) AND Introduction to Statistics (PUHR11050)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 3 (Sem 2)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 5, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 86 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Each student will submit a final protocol for marking. This will be a substantive piece of work, equivalent to a grant application to a funding body such as the Chief Scientist Office or the Medical Research Council
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will be able to: &·Understand the practicalities of conducting an epidemiological study. &·Plan the methodological detail of the study. &·Write a detailed research protocol.